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$xhtml = array(
	'<{title}>' => 'Sitting on my hands',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
	'<{body}>' => <<<END
<img src="/img/CC_BY-SA_4.0/y.st./weblog/2019/06/24.jpg" alt="The walkway outside the clinic" class="framed-centred-image" width="800" height="480"/>
<section id="diet">
	<h2>Dietary intake</h2>
	<p>
		For breakfast, I had a protein shake.
		For lunch, I had 553 grams of potato gnocchi, chopped carrots, and cashew sauce.
		For dinner, I had 550 grams of the same.
		I also snacked on 94 grams of pretzels and 49 grams of popcorn.
	</p>
	<p>
		I actually popped that corn months ago - before the dietary course even began - and left it in a plastic jar in case I wanted a snack.
		I&apos;m surprised it&apos;s not stale by now.
		The jar is keeping it nice and fresh though.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="battery">
	<h2>Battery refund</h2>
	<p>
		The seller gave me a refund on the battery that never arrived.
		A refund?
		Seriously?
		After waiting so long already?
		I didn&apos;t want a refund, I wanted the battery.
		Now I need to track down a different battery.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="vocal">
	<h2>Vocal lessons</h2>
	<p>
		There&apos;s still no word on the vocal lessons.
		I went in again, explained the situation to the new receptionist (remember that this clinic is student-run, and a new term has just begun), and asked about my application again.
		The receptionist was able to see that my message from two weeks ago had been input, though it seems no one is answering yet.
		Apparently, the group sessions haven&apos;t started yet, so there&apos;s still time to get into the program, but the receptionist things they&apos;re not going to respond (or even check their messages maybe, it seems?) until the group sessions are closer to beginning.
		Also, they claim that the clinic always lets all applicants know whether they&apos;ve gotten into the program or not.
		I clarified, and they confirmed specifically that if my application is rejected, I should receive notification of that.
	</p>
	<p>
		I guess I&apos;m still stuck sitting on my hands for the time being.
		I&apos;ll try to be patient, but after waiting another month, if I haven&apos;t heard anything, I&apos;m going back in to try again.
		Too many people claim they&apos;ll contact me and never do.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="drudgery">
	<h2>Drudgery</h2>
	<p>
		My discussion post for the day:
	</p>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			You make an excellent point about clarity.
			When you can&apos;t figure out how to make your application do what you need it to, it definitely degrades the experience.
			For example, I use a camera application with a disorganised menu system.
			Any time I have to change the settings, I&apos;ve got to find the settings again because they&apos;re not in places that make sense.
			It makes using the camera application less pleasant than it otherwise would be.
		</p>
		<p>
			Responsiveness is another important issue.
			When applications drag to a crawl, it makes people want to stop using them and replace them.
			Time is valuable, but more than that, people are just impatient.
			If things don&apos;t seem to work instantly, we look for alternative options.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
</section>
<section id="Minetest">
	<h2>Minetest</h2>
	<img src="/img/CC_BY-SA_3.0/minetest.net./weblog/2019/06/24.png" alt="Compressed blocks next to a sandstone for comparison" class="framed-centred-image" width="1024" height="600"/>
	<p>
		I got the compressed block completed, including decompression.
		Items can be compressed through crafting, and if the compressed items were elements as opposed to nodes that sometimes drop elements, they can be decompressed by crafting the compressed node on its own, with nothing else in the crafting grid.
		If the compressed items were element-dropping nodes, the node must be placed and dug to decompress, and digging the node yields the element drops instead of the original nodes.
	</p>
	<p>
		Interestingly, compressed coal is produced from eight coal lumps, instead of nine coal lumps.
		The reason for this is that in later versions of the game, the nine-coal-lump recipe is taken; it produces coal blocks.
		Coal blocks aren&apos;t available in the earlier versions of the game though, so we can&apos;t compress nine coal blocks or something.
		The best we can do while keeping the greatest level of compatibility is to use eight coal lumps.
	</p>
	<p>
		I got a design for the warp points started.
		At the moment, they look like four torches placed on the same node, with coloured flames.
		Honestly, it&apos;s not a great design, but it&apos;ll do until I think of something better.
	</p>
	<p>
		I&apos;ve been struggling with the idea for how to make the steel-inspired node look.
		The obvious answer in my eyes as to what this node does is that it stores stuff.
		The more of the element that powers it that you&apos;ve mined, the more storage space the node has for you.
		However, the node can&apos;t have a facing direction for technical reasons, so I basically need a chest or other storage vessel that can be locked but also has rotational symmetry.
		I tried making a steel chest with no visible front, but it looks both strange and insecure without the lock from the locked chest.
		But the lock gives away what side is the front, meaning that it has to have a front.
		I figured it out though.
		I haven&apos;t had time to try it in the image editor, but I thing I want a metal box with a lid, with chains holding the lid down on all four sides.
		It&apos;s perfect.
		The top and bottom won&apos;t necessarily have perfect rotational sentry, though it&apos;ll be close, but all for side faces will be identical.
		If I can make it work on such a small texture, this should be great.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="Summer">
	<h2>Summer</h2>
	<p>
		Summer stopped by for a few minutes today to drop things off.
		She forgot her key though, so I had to let her in.
		Instead of just ringing the doorbell, she knocked really quietly, so I wasn&apos;t even sure if it was someone at my door or one of the knocking sounds that frequently happen outside the apartment.
		Almost always, when I&apos;m not sure, it turns out no one&apos;s at the door and it was just knocking from elsewhere.
	</p>
	<p>
		She didn&apos;t stay longer than it took to dump off what was in her arms, and seeing as she forgot the key, I assumed that the only reason she came by during an hour I&apos;d actually be there was because she needed me to let her in.
		I mean, she&apos;s still avoiding me.
		Now more than ever, actually.
		I haven&apos;t seen her in probably at least a couple months.
		The only difference is that now, I&apos;m not actually wanting to see her any more, so her avoidance of me is only creepy (because she still comes into my home, just never while I&apos;m there), not additionally frustrating.
		I spent a couple hours ticked off after the visit, but now that I&apos;m actually writing about it, I realised that the thought that she stopped by while I was here because she forgot the key is ludicrous.
		Unless she left it somewhere out of town for some reason, it makes zero sense.
		If she remembered the key, she would have gotten it before leaving.
		If she forgot the key, she&apos;d head out without it and without thinking to drop by while I was there to get around the missing key.
		I let her get me angry, and not only was she not trying to, but she didn&apos;t even do what I assumed she&apos;d done.
		This time.
	</p>
	<p>
		Anyway, the main thing she left were some manly suits she thought I might want.
		That was pretty insulting.
		Again, she&apos;s pushing the idea that I&apos;m a man.
		I&apos;m not, and I have no intention of dressing like one.
	</p>
	<p>
		She mentioned a yard sale.
		At first, it just slipped under my $a[radar].
		On the way to work though, I realised what it meant.
		She&apos;s getting ready to move.
		Finally.
		Maybe.
		If she&apos;s finally moving, that means two things for me.
		First, I won&apos;t have to see her again for quite a while.
		And later, she&apos;ll pick up her stuff (little by little) and I&apos;ll get my living room back.
		I can actually have a usable living room.
		Not soon, but the time might be in sight.
		And once her stuff is back with her, I can take back her key to my apartment and hopefully never hear from her again.
	</p>
</section>
END
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